An Adventurer Mom, Who Awakened [Housewife] Skill Through a Login Bonus, Is Making the Most of Her Adventurer Life With the Weekly Flyers She Gets! - Chapter 30

Having safely passed through the『Trial of Strength Gate』on the twenty-third floor, Kachua and her team continued their adventure smoothly and arrived at the twenty-fifth floor.

Inside the dungeon, the atmosphere changes drastically from floor to floor.

The most common are the brick areas, where brick mazes stretch endlessly. But there are also floors like the twenty-third, which resemble mine tunnels, and others set in deep forests or graveyards.

On the twenty-fifth floor, the moment they ascended the stairs, a vast grassland spread out before their eyes.

Strangely, even though they were inside a dungeon, the ceiling or perhaps it should be called a sky — far above, had a visible moon hanging in it.

The twenty-fifth floor was a fixed-time map, and it was always night.

Ann pointed to a gentle hill visible in the distance.

“That’s Moonlight Hill.”

There were hardly any structures to be found on the twenty-fifth floor.

The reason it was only hardly was because, a bit away from the hill, there was a large tree, and that tree served as a spiral staircase leading to the upper floors.

Aside from that tree, there were no obstacles or cover. Thanks to that, they could see their destination — the hill — even if only faintly.

Just as its romantic name Moonlight Hill suggested, the hill was gently illuminated by moonlight.

Even though they could see it with the naked eye, the grassland was filled with thorny thickets and surprisingly fast-flowing streams, making it impossible to head directly for Moonlight Hill in a straight line.

While carefully defeating the monsters that appeared along the way, Kachua and the others made their way toward Moonlight Hill.

On Moonlight Hill was said to be the『Moonlight Queen Grass』— an ingredient for the Supreme Status Ailment Removal Potion.

The Moonlight Queen Grass was well-known as a raw ingredient for the ultra-high-grade beauty elixir, the 《Beauty Potion》.

Up to the thirtieth floor was still considered the lower levels. As long as a party was C-rank or above, or if a D-rank party had leveled up and gathered proper gear, reaching this point wasn’t that difficult.

Then why was the 『Beauty Potion』 such a high-end item?

The secret lay in the rare property of the 『Moonlight Queen Grass』.

It was said that only one blossom could be harvested by five people working together and even then, it could only be picked once, after which it would become impossible to harvest again for the rest of your life.

“I looked into it, and to be precise, that’s not exactly correct. It’s more like it becomes『unharvestable』for one complete calendar cycle,”

Rick explained.

“…What does that mean?”

“You know how there are solar, lunar, and stellar calendars, right? A full cycle of all those combined is said to take sixty years.”

The calendar Kachua and the others normally used was based on the movement of the sun, the solar calendar  but there existed a greater cycle that combined the movements of the moon and stars.

It was mainly used in religious ceremonies — the calendar of the gods.

“I see.”

“They say once the calendar resets, it becomes harvestable again…”

“If it’s only once every sixty years, that’s basically the same as once in a lifetime.”

While talking about that, Kachua and the others finally reached Moonlight Hill.

“Is this the Moonlight Queen Grass?”

“…Probably.”

The hill bathed in moonlight was covered in a green carpet, yet not a single flower could be seen blooming anywhere.

Strangely, the entire hill was made up of a single type of plant — with thick, broad leaves forming a vast field.

All of the plants had buds that remained tightly shut.

“The Moonlight Queen Grass is said to bloom when five or more people form a circle and pray to the moon.”

It was said that the Moon Goddess would answer the prayers of people only once during a full calendar cycle.

“Let’s try it.”

“Yeah!”

The five of them stood around a chosen plant, joined hands, and offered their prayer to the moon…

“Ah, it bloomed.”

“So beautiful…”

A large white flower opened up.

Kachua and the others had obtained the Moonlight Queen Grass!

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What was the next goal for Kachua and her team, now that they had successfully obtained theMoonlight Queen Grass?

“The Rare-Rare Mushroom on the thirtieth floor”

The official item name was Rare-Rare Mushroom (Sliced).

It was an item dropped by a mushroom-type monster known as the Rare-Rare Mushroom.

“As the name suggests, it’s supposed to be a very rare kind of mushroom.”

“I see… but before we worry about whether it is rare or not, we need to actually reach the thirtieth floor first, don’t we?”

“The monsters are getting stronger too, so we’ll need to level up along the way.”

“I’ll do my best.”

At the Adventurer’s Guild, teams who register together are given free access to a locker.

Kachua and the others placed the freshly picked Moonlight Queen Grass into theirs.

These lockers were made from special materials, and the inside was said to be a time-frozen space — pretty amazing. The locker’s size depended on the team’s rank.

Back when they were F-rank, it was a tiny box about 30 centimeters square but even that had been incredibly useful.

Now that Gamma Team was C-rank, they had a locker roughly the size of a full door panel.

For the current Kachua team, that was more than enough but for veteran adventurer teams who’d been together for years, even that wasn’t sufficient, and they often had to rent additional storage.

After finishing their business, Kachua and her team headed to the front desk as usual, calling out,『Thank you very much!』as they prepared to leave.

“Ah, Gamma Team!”

The receptionist quickly came out and called out to them.

“There’s something I’d like to talk to you about, if that’s alright?”

Her formal tone made Kachua and the others a little uneasy. And of course, in these situations, it was always Kachua — the one who could never say no — who got approached.

Without thinking, Kachua nodded. “Yes… if it’s just for a moment.”

“This way, please.”

Instead of being spoken to at the reception desk, Kachua and her team were guided to a meeting room deeper inside, used by the guild staff.

It was a room meant for discussions one wouldn’t want others to overhear.

“Did we do something?”

“I can’t think of anything…”

Kachua and the others whispered among themselves, but no one could recall anything that might have caused this.

What could this possibly be about?

Just as the group sat down on the sofa, there was a knock at the door.

“Gamma Team, I apologize for calling you in like this.”

The person who entered was the receptionist’s superior — the head of the Quest Division.

Wait, someone that high up came in person?

Did we really do something bad?

Kachua held her breath in panic.

Og muttered with a gloomy expression,

“Maybe it’s because I’m a werewolf and they’re gonna kick me out…”

“That’s not your fault at all.”

Ann shot back at him sharply, then turned toward the Quest Division chief.

“What business do you have with our team?”

The division chief blinked slightly at Ann, then began speaking.

“To be honest, we have a request for Gamma Team.”

“A request?”

“Yes. Gamma Team has received a designated quest. We’d like you to accept it.”